Hundreds of Ashley Madison website users are being targeted by a new extortion attack this past week. The 2015 data breach of the adultery website led to 32 million accounts being publicly dumped online, including victims names, passwords, phones numbers, credit card information and more. Cybercriminals are exploiting the treasure trove of breached Ashley Madison data again in a new highly-personalized and targeted attacks. Victims are receiving emails threatening to expose their Ashley Madison accounts along with other embarrassing data to family and friends on social media and via email, unless they pay a Bitcoin ransom.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ashley-madison-breach-extortion-scam-targets-hundreds/152481/